"Column tops and bases are painted vermilion, adorned with orpiment-yellow floral medallions or five-colored b…
"Column tops and bases are painted vermilion, adorned with orpiment-yellow floral medallions or five-colored brocade patterns, diagonal fours or clustered hexagonal orbs. The column shaft is glazed in composite green and painted with bamboo grain motifs."
— Li Jie, Treatise on Architectural Methods